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l PIRE GRATB ATTAGHMENT. No. 460,280.

Patented sept. 29, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. ROIVLAND, OF CI-IICACrO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONF-HALF TOREGGOLO PUCCINI AND C. DELL OSSO, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

FIRE-GRATE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,280, datedSeptember 29, 1891.

Application filed February 1S, 1891. Serial No. 381,828. (No model.)

To if/ZZ wiz/0m i6 may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY A. ROWLAND, a cit-izen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- 5 nois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Grate Attachments,of.

which the following is a specification.

As a means for shaking and dumping the grates of stoves and furnaces itis customary io to provide as a separate article a shaker or wrenchadapted to be applied to the gratearbor as a handle for the shaking ordumping operation, after which it is separated from the grate-arbor andlaid aside. It is a common occurrence that the handle or wrench ismislaid or lost, which entails annoyance and inconvenience.

My object is to provide au attachment for the grate-arbor which shall bepermanent zo thereon, and thus always in position for use, and theconstruction of which shall adapt it to be adj usted out of the way ofobstructing passers by the stove, and thence into suitable positions,wherein it shall afford convenient means for shaking and dumping thegrate.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a stove-gratehaving my improved attachment upon the end of the gratearbor where itprotrudes beyond the stove.

3o Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the attachmenton the end of thegrate-arbor, shown as a broken section thereof. Fig. 3 is aview of thesame in side elevation. Fig. 4: is a similar view of the end of thegrate-arbor as adapted 3 5 to have my improvement adjustably secured toit.

A is a grate, which may involve any desired form and construction, and Bis its arbor, which should protrude at its outer end latererally beyondthe body of the stove in which the grate is used, the outer end beingenlarged, as represented at Qc, ro afford the better bearing for myimproved attachment C, hereinafter described, and being provided nearits center with a pivot-hole r, above and below the latter withstud-holes q and p, and between t-he latter in horizontal line therewithwith a stud-hole o.

The attachment C comprises a handle portion and a fastener therefor, thehandle being preferably in the form of a metal ring n of i V for thehandle.

sufficient diameter to admit' the insertion through it of the fingers togrip it, the ring formof the handle permitting the bettergrip andpurchase thereon for working the grate. The ring n is open at one sideand there bi- Y furcated or provided with parallel lugs m, which embracethe end of the arbor, to which they are secured by a pivot pin passedthrough them and through the pivot-hole r. 6e On one of the lugs m,preferably that at the right-hand side of the ring, are bearings l, inwhich is fulcrumed between its extremities a lever D, the form sho wn ofwhich is preferred and involves a bifurcated rear end to embrace 6g thering a where it crosses the plane thereof. At the forward end of theleverD is a stud L, extending through a hole t', Fig. 2, in line with itin the adjacent lug m, the lever and its stud forming my preferred formof fastener 7o In the normal or horizontal position of the lever D, atwhich it is elastically maintained by a controlling-spring h, the stud7c extends into the end of the arbor B at whichever hole q, p, or otherein it may be caused to coincide with, the said holes being formedninety degrees apart on the circle described by the stud in moving thehandle a on its pivot.

Then my improved attachment is not in 8o use, the handle or ring nhangs, being retained in that out-of-the-way position by the stud 7centering the hole q in the arbor end. Toadjust the handle intohorizontal position,where in it is to be used for shaking the grate, therear end of the lever D is pressed inward by the thumb of the operator,(who grips the ring in his hand to manipulate it,) thereby withdrawingthe stud from the hole q and permitting the handle to be raised to thedesired 9o position, wherein (the lever being released) the stud entersthe hole o and holds the handle rigidly iu place for the shakingoperation. From the latter the handle may, on again compressing thelever, be returned to its hanging position, (represented by dotted linesin Fig. 3,) or to its upright position, (similarly represented in thesame iigure,) and in which the stud enters the hole p and rigidly holdsthe handle fa in position for use in dumping rco the grate.

As will thus be seen, my improvement, by

being permanently in position for use, obviates the inconvenience andannoyance referred to as being incidental to the use of the commonseparate adjustable and detachable grate-shaking implement, While thecost of providing it need not be much,if any, greater than that of theseparate device, and by its construction itis adapted to be fastened tothe grates of various kinds of stoves and furnaces.

I do not limit my improvement to the exact details of construction shownand described, because they may be variously modified Without departurefrom my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination, a grate having an arbor provided in its end Withholes, a handle pivoted to the end of the arbor, and a springcontrolledlever provided with a stud to engage the holes in the arbor,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination, a grate A, having an arbor B, provided in its endwith stud-ho1es arranged on a circle, a ring-handle n, having lugs membracing thc end of the arbor and pivoted thereto at the center of thesaid circle, and a spring-controlled lever D, fulcrumed on one of thesaid lugs and provided With a Stud lo, extending through the said lug,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY A. ROWLAND.

J. WV. DYRENFORTH, M. J. FROST.

